Richard Yates Jr.

He began his campaign as a "dark horse" under the cloak of neutrality, which won him support from Senator Shelby Moore Cullom's "federal crowd".The subsequent, decisive election sent Yates to the governor's chair by 61,233 votes over Democrat Samuel Alschuler of Aurora.The keynote legislation signed during the governorship of Richard Yates was a new child labor law, the first of its kind in any state, restricting the work week of children to no more than 48 hours.Highly critical of the stylish governor, who retained the parade pomp of John Tanner and his "sunburst colonels", Chicago newspapers alleged that Yates Jr. was compelling state employees to contribute to a slush fund.[3] In the 1906–07 United States Senate election, Yates challenged incumbent Shelby Moore Cullom for the Republican nomination.
Richard YatesGovernor of IllinoisLieutenantWilliam A. NorthcottJohn R. TannerCharles S. DeneenU.S. House of RepresentativesIllinoisat-large seat AMedill McCormickRuth Hanna McCormickat-large seat BHenry R. RathboneWalter NesbitIllinois House of RepresentativesJacksonville, IllinoisSpringfield, IllinoisJacksonvilleSpringfieldHarbor Springs, MichiganAlma materIllinois CollegeUniversity of MichiganAttorneyCounty judgeUnited States National GuardPrivate22nd Governor of IllinoisHis father, also Richard YatesMacMurray CollegeAnn ArborIllinois National GuardMorgan CountyIn 1900Shelby Moore CullomWilliam LorimerSamuel AlschulerTheodore RooseveltFrank O. LowdenChautauqua circuit1906–07 United States Senate electionIllinois General AssemblyEdward Fitzsimmons DunneIllinois Attorney GeneralSeventy-first CongressSeventy-third Congress18th AmendmentChicago TribuneJacksonville Daily Journalpublic domain materialJohn Riley TannerRepublicanIllinois's at-large districtGovernors of IllinoisColonial administratorsList of commandants of the Illinois CountryTerritorial governorsEdwardsGovernorsReynoldsDuncanCarlinFrenchMattesonBissellYates Sr.Oglesby (1st time)PalmerOglesby (2nd time)BeveridgeCullomHamiltonOglesby (3rd time)AltgeldTannerDeneenLowdenEmmersonHornerStelleStevensonStrattonKernerShapiroOgilvieWalkerThompsonBlagojevichRaunerPritzkerUnited States CongressesSenateL. ShermanM. McCormickJ. CannonJ. MannH. RaineyW. RodenbergM. MaddenC. FullerW. WilsonA. SabathW. McKinleyT. GallagherJ. McAndrewsI. CopleyJ. McKenzieF. BrittenW. MasonE. DenisonE. KingL. WheelerT. WilliamsW. GrahamC. IrelandN. JuulJ. RaineyE. BrooksC. ChindblomF. SmithF. FunkJ. GormanS. KunzM. A. MichaelsonA. MooreG. ShawE. SproulW. Mason HuckC. DeneenW. ArnoldJ. BuckleyW. HoladayW. HullJ. MajorE. MillerH. RathboneF. ReidM. HullT. DoyleC. AdkinsJ. AllenE. IrwinW. JohnsonO. GlennJ. BuckbeeH. HallJ. IgoeB. ChiperfieldO. De PriestR. McCormickF. RameyC. ParsonsJ. H. LewisH. BeamW. DieterichP. GranataC. KarchK. KellerE. KellyL. Schuetz